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The Middle Ages In Europe (Part 1)
Word Definition
Manor
Inquisition
Chivalry
Papal
Supremacy
Lay Investiture
Guild
Parliament
Reconquista
1. What signaled the beginning of the Middle Ages?
2. What is the feudal system based on?
3. Who was the feudal contract between?

4. How would you describe a medieval serf?
5. How were feudalism and the manor system related?
6. What was the most powerful institution of the Middle Ages?
7. According to the code of chivalry, who were the three people a knight fought for?
8. What was the chief goal of the Crusades?
9. What did the Magna Carta grant to the nobles?
10. What was the major cause of the Great Schism?
11. What was the central issue of the Hundred Years War?
12. Why did Science make little real progress in Europe during the Middle Ages?

13. Describe Gothic cathedral architecture.
14. What did the devastation caused by the bubonic plague lead to?
15. What city were they looking to recapture during the Crusades?
16. What caused the decline of the Middle Ages?
The Byzantine Empire, Russia and Eastern Europe ( Part 2)
Word
Justinian’s Code
Definition
Czar
17. What was the capital of New Rome, or the Byzantine Empire?
18. What caused the split between the Roman Catholic Church and the Eastern Orthodox Church?
19. What helped cause the decline of the Byzantine empire?

20. Describe the Mongol rule of medieval Russia
21. After the Great Schism, what was the new name given to the Byzantine church?
The Rise of Islam ( Part 3)
Word Definition
Islam
Sunni
Shiite
22. What are two important teachings that are common to all three faiths?
23. Why was the Hijrah important
Short Answer Section (Part 4)
1.
Explain how the church shaped medieval life and society? Provide two examples.
2.
Define feudalism and explain how it helped to create the manor economy.

3.
Explain the three issues that to the mistrust and desire to reform the Medieval Church.
4.
Define the Reconquista and Spanish Inquisition? Explain how the two are connected.
5.
What were three effects of the Black Death?

Long Response ( Part 5)
1. Explain how Feudalism developed in Europe starting with the fall of Rome.
2. Discuss the main beliefs and concepts connected to the three monotheistic religions: Judaism,
Christianity, and Islam. Explain three similarities and three differences between Judaism,
Christianity, and Islam.